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Virginia

ACC · 2-0 (1-0 ACC) · power +22.3 · #23
Our numberUVA -7.8 no book has priced this game

Florida State

ACC · 1-1 (0-1 ACC) · power +16.0 · #52
Our side
MoneylineUVA to win ours 39%
Projected score 28–21 UVA – FSU
2026-10-03 · kickoff TBD Doak Campbell Stadium · Tallahassee, FL ACC game Early season

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Series Florida State lead 15–5 · 20 meetings since 1992
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Virginia Cavaliers 61 ranks
Virginia Cavaliers #46 rush offense Florida State Seminoles #107 run defense
Pass game edge Florida State Seminoles 59 ranks
Virginia Cavaliers #128 pass offense Florida State Seminoles #69 pass defense
Run game even 17 ranks apart
Florida State Seminoles #21 rush offense Virginia Cavaliers #38 run defense
Pass game even 3 ranks apart
Florida State Seminoles #32 pass offense Virginia Cavaliers #35 pass defense
Virginia Cavaliers Balanced · 53% run Avg pace Florida State Seminoles Run-heavy · 60% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg
Tony Elliott · 22-26 · defense-minded Mike Norvell · 76-50

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Virginia Cavaliers
DL Fisher Camac 6 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL #140 DL
DB Jacobie Henderson 12 tkl · 3 PD #147 DB
DB Brandyn Hillman 6 tkl · 3 INT #152 DB
K Will Bettridge 3 FG · 11 XP · 20 pts #36 K
Florida State Seminoles
DB Ashlynd Barker 15 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #32 DB
RB Ousmane Kromah 231 rush yds · 2 TD · 2 rec #31 RB
RB Samuel Singleton Jr. 66 rush yds · 1 TD · 6 rec #36 RB
LB Chris Jones 15 tkl · 1.0 TFL #77 LB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Virginia CavaliersACC +22.3 +8.6 +13.7 #23
Florida State SeminolesACC +16.0 +7.0 +9.0 #52

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Virginia offense vs Florida State defense-0.4 pts
Florida State offense vs Virginia defense-6.7 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 620 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.